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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

Deliberate overcontribution to an RRSP are those made exceeding the maximum contribution limits or exceeding the personal allowable limit of $5, 500.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Avantages sociaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
DEF

Maximum permissible limits, maximum allowable concentrations, maximum acceptable levels of pollutants in specified media other than the receptor designed to ensure that under specified circumstances a primary or secondary standard is not exceeded.

CONT

Auction of pollution rights [are] based on the principle that, since environment policy cannot be grounded on equalizing the marginal social cost of pollution with the marginal social benefit of abating pollution ..., standards of environmental quality are decided on by the government authorities. A quality standard can be defined with reference to the degree of accepted pollution corresponding to a given quantity of pollutant discharged per unit of time (for example, one year).

OBS

Compare with "air quality standard" and "emission standard".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
DEF

Norme fixant des niveaux de pollution ou de nuisances à ne pas dépasser dans un milieu ou dans des circonstances données.

CONT

Droits échangeables. [...] le gouvernement fixe d'abord les normes de qualité de l'environnement qu'il désire, puis crée des droits, échangeables entre firmes, pour la quantité d'émissions compatibles avec ces normes.

OBS

En vertu de ces normes, les pouvoirs publics déterminent un seuil de pollution acceptable en deçà duquel les entreprises peuvent polluer (droits à polluer) mais au-delà duquel elles doivent acheter, échanger ou négocier ces droits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho ambiental
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Record 3 2001-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

Criteria for indoor noise are summarized in three sets of specifications that have been derived by collecting subjective judgments from a large sampling of people in a variety of specific situations. These have developed into the noise criteria(NC) and preferred noise criteria(PNC) curves, which provide limits on the level of noise introduced into the environment. The NC curves, developed in 1957, aim to provide a comfortable working or living environment by specifying the maximum allowable level of noise in octave bands over the entire audio spectrum. The complete set of 11 curves specifies noise criteria for a broad range of situations. The PNC curves, developed in 1971, add limits on low-frequency rumble and high-frequency hiss; hence, they are preferred over the older NC standard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
OBS

Cette courbe tient compte de plus de critères qui sont privilégiés par rapport aux critères de base.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

Bootstrapping is sometimes confused with the condition known as overboost, but bootstrapping is not a condition which is detrimental to engine life. An overboost condition is one in which manifold pressure exceeds the limits prescribed for a particular engine and can cause serious damage. There are some systems that incorporate a pressure relief valve to prevent a serious overboost condition. The pressure relief valve is generally set to open at 1. 5 inches of mercury above the maximum allowable engine manifold pressure.

Key term(s)
  • overboosting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Si l'objet essentiel des systèmes de gestion de vol est évidemment de réduire la consommation de carburant et d'accroître le rendement, ils ont aussi pour effet secondaire fort appréciable de prolonger la durée de vie des moteurs. Un contrôle strict des rapports de pression, pour les maintenir dans les limites fixées, réduit sensiblement les risques de surrégime; lorsque le calculateur de gestion est couplé aux commandes automatiques de gaz, ces risques se trouvent pratiquement éliminés.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 1994-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The maximum allowable leakage rate from the containment envelope shall be the value used in the safety analyses which demonstrate that the reference dose limits are not exceeded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le débit de fuite maximal admissible du système de confinement doit correspondre à la valeur utilisée dans les analyses de sûreté qui démontrent que les limites de doses de référence ne sont pas dépassées.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Deliberate overcontributions are those exceeding the maximum contribution limits or exceeding the personal allowable limit of $5, 500 to an RRSP.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Thermal Insulation
CONT

For example, many estimates of maximum wind speed allowable for qualitative thermographic investigations place unnecessary limits on the conditioning under which thermography can be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Isolation thermique

Spanish

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